Hans Schleger

Art & Industry 287, May 1950

Content includes:
Design, Sales and Service:
Publicity Relations by Harold F. Hutchison
On Handling Perspex
What, Why and How ? by Jack Beddington
Design Mix-up the product-designer misfit by C. H. Golding
New Designs from the Factories
A Case of Transformation

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Hans Schleger/Zero
Hans Schleger signed his work as Zéró. He studied in Berlin and for five years worked as freelance designer the United States. He later set up his own studio in London. He was commissioned by The Council of Industrial Design to design the symbol for their Design Centre in the Haymarket, London. As well as a desiner, he was a visiting lecturer to the Chelsea Polytechnic, the Central School of Arts and Crafts, the Royal College of Art, all in London, and the Regional College of Art, Manchester. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley and Abram Games. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and 1940s graphic design history.
Art and Industry
Art and Industry was a British monthly magazine which focused on commercial art, graphic design, advertising, and industrial design. The magazine was previously called Commercial Art.

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Art & Industry 286, May 1950. Cover design by Hans Schleger/Zero
Art & Industry 286, May 1950. Cover design by Hans Schleger/Zero
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